一种区域实时对流层内插模型及其在PPP中的应用

利用反距离加权内插法,对基准站解算的天顶对流层延迟（ZTD）建立了区域实时ZTD模型,评估了该模型内插流动站对流层延迟对PPP定位精度和收敛时间的影响。试验表明：与传统ZTD采用参数估计的处理方法对比,二者解算得到的PPP精度在水平方向上效果相当,但在垂直方向上,模型内插对流层解算的定位精度提高约为5 cm,且能显著提高PPP收敛速度。说明应用本方法建立非气象参数的区域天顶对流层延迟模型能有效加快PPP的收敛速度,且提高定位精度。     

对流层经验改正模型在中国区域的精度评估

对流层延迟是全球导航卫星系统(GNSS)计算的主要误差之一,其模型精度对测站坐标解算有较大影响,在高程方向尤为明显。因此,有必要对不同的对流层延迟改正模型的适用性进行评估。采用SHA解算了中国陆态网GNSS跟踪站的对流层天顶延迟数据,对常用的对流层改正模型EGNOS/UNB3m/GPT/GPT2的天顶延迟量在中国不同区域、不同季节的适用性进行了分析。结果显示,4种模型的RMS均为4~5cm,各模型RMS之差小于1cm,其中GPT2模型的RMS最小;4种模型的平均偏差(BIAS)为1cm左右,GPT2模型的BIAS最大,为1.5cm;时间上,各个模型在夏季精度普遍较低,这是因为夏季水汽丰富,对流层湿延迟变化较大;空间上,各模型在东南沿海精度较低,因为东南沿海气候湿润,湿延迟变化较大;各模型精度对测站高程不敏感,精度在比较高的测站并无明显降低。通过对不同模型在中国区域的精度分析,验证该改正模型可以为中国区域用户的对流层模型的选择提供一定的参考。     

精密单点定位中卫星星历对天顶对流层延迟估计的影响

为了分析不同卫星星历对天顶对流层延迟估计的影响,本文选取不同的卫星星历产品分别进行静态精密单点定位试验,估计天顶对流层延迟,并与IGS发布的天顶对流层延迟产品相比。结果表明,采用最终星历、快速星历和超快星历实测部分时,天顶对流层延迟的平均RMS值分别为4.5mm、4.3mm和4.6mm,估计精度一致。而采用超快星历外推部分时,平均RMS值为6.3mm,估计精度略低。     

遗传算法优化的GPS对流层延迟内插算法

为了提高对流层延迟的插值精度,文章采用安徽省电力系统10个CORS基站的对流层延迟作为训练数据,8个CORS站的对流层延迟作为测试数据,建立一种基于遗传算法和BP神经网络的区域GPS对流层延迟内插方法(GABP),利用遗传算法优化BP神经网络权值和阈值的模型,该模型只需要输入测站点的经纬度和高程值。数据处理结果表明,在区域GPS对流层延迟预测中GA-BP模型是一种预测精度比较高的方法。     

一种优化的对流层天顶延迟融合模型FZTD

对流层延迟是影响全球卫星导航系统(GNSS)定位精度的主要误差源之一,模型修正法是目前削弱对流层延迟影响的主要方法. 以简单易用的角度为切入点,综合UNB3模型的简易性和GPT2w模型的高精度特点,构建一种简易且精度较高的对流层天顶延迟融合模型(FZTD). 并利用多年的国际GNSS服务(IGS) 对流层天顶延迟(ZTD)数据对该模型精度进行了验证. 结果表明FZTD模型的均方根(RMS)与平均偏差(bias)值分别为4.4 cm和?0.3 cm,均小于传统模型UNB3m(RMS:5.1 cm,bias:1.1 cm)和EGNOS(RMS:5.1 cm,bias:0.3 cm),定位精度提高了14%,而且在南半球提高尤为明显,特别在南极地区,精度提高了近3倍,弥补了传统模型在南北半球精度差异大的不足. 新模型总气象参数仅为120个比GPT2w模型急剧减少,与传统模型相当,为GNSS实时导航定位终端的预定义对流层延迟改正提供了更优的选择.      

一种改进的全球对流层天顶延迟模型

顾及文献[16]所建立的全球对流层天顶延迟模型GZTD的时间分辨率为24h,为进一步提高GZTD模型的时间分辨率,利用GGOS atmosphere的2002—2009年全球天顶对流层延迟格网时间序列按照其6h的时间分辨率分别建模,再采用三次样条插值计算任意时刻的天顶对流层延迟估值,由此构建了一种时间分辨率更高(6h)的改进的GZTD模型(GZTD-6h)。经过两种模型内符合检验对比分析表明,GZTD-6h模型内符合精度(bias:0.17cm,RMS:3.9cm)优于GZTD(bias:0.17cm,RMS:4.4cm)。使用全球IGS站进行外符合检验,统计结果表明GZTD-6h模型(bias:-0.22cm,RMS:4.05cm)相比GZTD(bias:-0.45cm,RMS:4.51cm)改善明显。     

区域天顶对流层延迟时空变化特性及其建模研究

介绍几种常用的全球对流层延迟改正模型和几种区域对流层延迟模型的建立方法,再利用美国密歇根州的8个测站天顶对流层延迟数据对天顶对流层延迟进行研究,得出天顶对流层延迟在时间尺度及空间尺度上的变化规律,与经度和纬度相关性一般,与高程强相关。通过美国密歇根州的4个测站数据分别计算3种区域对流层延迟模型,得出各个模型的精度,并比较它们的优劣,结论是一次线性插值模型是三者中精度最高的模型。     

亚洲地区EGNOS天顶对流层延迟模型单站修正与精度分析

以亚洲地区46个IGS站2008-2011年实测的高精度天顶对流层延迟（ZTD）数据为参考值,通过对2008-2010年EGNOS模型计算ZTD的日均偏差进行频谱分析,建立了亚洲地区EGNOS模型的单站修正模型（SSIEGNOS）,对EGNOS和SSIEGNOS模型在亚洲地区的精度和适用情况进行了评估,结果表明：（1）EGNOS模型偏差和RMS在时间分布上呈现明显的季节变化规律,而SSIEGNOS模型偏差和RMS变化较小且平稳;（2）在空间分布上,两种模型的偏差随着经纬度和高程的变化均无明显规律,但随着高程或者纬度的增加RMS总体上都有递减的趋势;（3）SSIEGNOS模型预测ZTD的精度相对于EGNOS模型有明显提高。     

GPS动态水汽反演对对流层天顶延迟解算精度分析

针对GPS动态水汽反演过程中对对流层天顶延迟解算精度的评估方法问题,提出了一种利用对流层延迟闭合和附合条件来评估对流层估计精度的方法。通过对PBO观测网中的12个CORS基站以及6个IGS基站的观测数据分析,分别从内符合精度和外符合精度两方面来评估动态对流层解算的精度。在内符合精度的数据处理上,使用事后精密星历,每15s计算一次相对对流层延迟数据。精度满足GPS动态水汽反演对天气预报的基本要求。在外符合精度的数据处理上,使用事后精密星历和超快星历分别对天顶方向对流层延迟进行处理,根据与静态参考值进行比对,两者结果高度吻合。研究结果对GPS动态水汽反演中动态对流层天顶延迟的解算具有重要的参考价值。     

一种新的全球对流层天顶延迟模型

利用IGS提供的高精度对流层天顶延迟数据,在全球范围内详细分析对流层延迟在高程及水平方向的变化规律,建立了一种新的全球对流层天顶延迟模型。该模型计算方法简单,只与年积日和位置参数有关,无需气象参数。经检验,新模型的对流层延迟改正精度优于输入标准气象参数的几种常用的对流层延迟模型,满足卫星实时定位和导航的精度要求。     

Modeling tropospheric wet delays with national GNSS reference network in China for BeiDou precise point positioning

During past decades, precise point positioning (PPP) has been proven to be a well-known positioning technique for centimeter or decimeter level accuracy. However, it needs long convergence time to get high-accuracy positioning, which limits the prospects of PPP, especially in real-time applications. It is expected that the PPP convergence time can be reduced by introducing high-quality external information, such as ionospheric or tropospheric corrections. In this study, several methods for tropospheric wet delays modeling over wide areas are investigated. A new, improved model is developed, applicable in real-time applications in China. Based on the GPT2w model, a modified parameter of zenith wet delay exponential decay wrt. height is introduced in the modeling of the real-time tropospheric delay. The accuracy of this tropospheric model and GPT2w model in different seasons is evaluated with cross-validation, the root mean square of the zenith troposphere delay (ZTD) is 1.2 and 3.6 cm on average, respectively. On the other hand, this new model proves to be better than the tropospheric modeling based on water-vapor scale height; it can accurately express tropospheric delays up to 10 km altitude, which potentially has benefits in many real-time applications. With the high-accuracy ZTD model, the augmented PPP convergence performance for BeiDou navigation satellite system (BDS) and GPS is evaluated. It shows that the contribution of the high-quality ZTD model on PPP convergence performance has relation with the constellation geometry. As BDS constellation geometry is poorer than GPS, the improvement for BDS PPP is more significant than that for GPS PPP. Compared with standard real-time PPP, the convergence time is reduced by 2–7 and 20–50% for the augmented BDS PPP, while GPS PPP only improves about 6 and 18% (on average), in horizontal and vertical directions, respectively. When GPS and BDS are combined, the geometry is greatly improved, which is good enough to get a reliable PPP solution, the augmentation PPP improves insignificantly comparing with standard PPP.     

Accuracy improvement of zenith tropospheric delay estimation based on GPS precise point positioning algorithm

In the precise point positioning(PPP),some impossible accurately simulated systematic errors still remained in the GPS observations and will inevitably degrade the precision of zenith tropospheric delay(ZTD) estimation.The stochastic models used in the GPS PPP mode are compared.In this paper,the research results show that the precision of PPP-derived ZTD can be obviously improved through selecting a suitable stochastic model for GPS measurements.Low-elevation observations can cover more troposphere informat...     

Impact of tropospheric modelling on GNSS vertical precision: an empirical analysis based on a local active network

The troposphere affects Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals due to the variability of the refractive index. Tropospheric delay is a function of the satellite elevation angle and the altitude of the GNSS receiver and depends on the atmospheric parameters. If the residual tropospheric delay is not modelled carefully a bias error will occur in the vertical component. In order to analyse the precise altimetric positioning based on a local active network, four scenarios in Southern Spain with different topographical, environmental, and meteorological conditions are presented, considering both favourable and non-favourable conditions. The use of surface meteorological observations allows us to take into account the tropospheric conditions instead of a standard atmosphere, but introduces a residual tropospheric bias which reduces the accuracy of precise GNSS positioning. Thus, with short observation times it is recommended not to estimate troposphere parameters, but to use an a priori model together with the standard atmosphere. The results confirm that it is possible to achieve centimetre-scale vertical accuracy and precision with real time kinematic positioning even with large elevation differences with respect to the nearest reference stations. These numerical results may be taken into consideration for improving the altimetric configuration of the local active network.     

Using a regional numerical weather prediction model for GNSS positioning over Brazil

The global navigation satellite system (GNSS) can provide centimeter positioning accuracy at low costs. However, in order to obtain the desired high accuracy, it is necessary to use high-quality atmospheric models. We focus on the troposphere, which is an important topic of research in Brazil where the tropospheric characteristics are unique, both spatially and temporally. There are dry regions, which lie mainly in the central part of the country. However, the most interesting area for the investigation of tropospheric models is the wet region which is located in the Amazon forest. This region substantially affects the variability of humidity over other regions of Brazil. It provides a large quantity of water vapor through the humidity convergence zone, especially for the southeast region. The interconnection and large fluxes of water vapor can generate serious deficiencies in tropospheric modeling. The CPTEC/INPE (Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies/Brazilian Institute for Space Research) has been providing since July 2012 a numerical weather prediction (NWP) model for South America, known as Eta. It has yield excellent results in weather prediction but has not been used in GNSS positioning. This NWP model was evaluated in precise point positioning (PPP) and network-based positioning. Concerning PPP, the best positioning results were obtained for the station SAGA, located in Amazon region. Using the NWP model, the 3D RMS are less than 10 cm for all 24 h of data, whereas the values reach approximately 60 cm for the Hopfield model. For network-based positioning, the best results were obtained mainly when the tropospheric characteristics are critical, in which case an improvement of up to 7.2 % was obtained in 3D RMS using NWP models.     

融合对流层模型及其在精密单点定位中的应用

受实测气象参数的限制，使用标准大气参数的传统对流层模型的精度并不高；使用参数估计法的精密对流层模型增加了观测方程的待估参数，影响收敛速度. 针对实测气象参数缺失的情况，提出一种融合对流层模型，使用两种非实测气象参数模型分别计算出平均海平面处和测站处的气象参数，再利用Saastamoinen模型经验公式求解天顶对流层延迟（ZTD）. 利用RTKLIB软件进行精密单点定位（PPP）实验. 提出的融合对流层模型摆脱了实测气象参数的限制，解算结果表明:使用该模型时，在东、北、天方向的定位精度分别比Saastamoinen模型提高16 mm、1 mm、2.2 mm，比MOPS模型提高13.8 mm、0.7 mm、1.6 mm，比GPT/UNB3m+Sa模型提高2.9 mm、0.4 mm、0.7 mm，在天、北方向的定位精度接近参数估计模型，实现了PPP定位精度的提高.      

基于北斗的精密单点定位估计对流层天顶延迟精度分析

通过全球导航卫星（GNSS）系统获取对流层天顶延迟对于气象和电波折射修正具有重要应用价值。利用自主研发的静态精密单点定位软件CRPPP,基于国际GNSS地球动力学服务局（IGS）发布的北斗系统（BDS）精密星历和精密钟差,给出了BDS估算天顶延迟结果。以IGS发布的全球定位系统（GPS）结果为参考对比,BDS估算天顶延迟结果平均偏差优于5mm,均方根误差（rms）优于2．3cm．同时,给出了西沙地区GPS与BDS估计结果,结果表明：利用北斗系统估计的对流层天顶延迟精度与GPS相当。